The Logical Basis of Oxford's "Troilus and Cressida."

Author / Editor
Wainwright, Michael.

Title
The Logical Basis of Oxford's "Troilus and Cressida."

Published
Brief Chronicles: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Authorship Studies 5 (2014): 139-70.

Description
Argues that Shakespeare's "Troilus and Cressida" combines the concern with Boethian logic and necessity found in TC with Ramist thinking, indicating that Edward de Vere, earl of Oxford, was the author of the play. The combination prompts a game-theory analysis of how "necessary but unsportsmanlike" solutions resolve dilemmas in the play.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion
Troilus and Criseyde